Successful implementation of telehealth visits in the paediatric heart failure and heart transplant population.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2024
Identifier
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951123001312
Abstract
The Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) and Pediatric Heart Transplant Society (PHTS) convened a working group at the beginning of 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim of using telehealth as an alternative medium to provide quality care to a high-acuity paediatric population receiving advanced cardiac therapies. An algorithm was developed to determine appropriateness, educational handouts were developed for both patients and providers, and post-visit surveys were collected. Telehealth was found to be a viable modality for health care delivery in the paediatric heart failure and transplant population and has promising application in the continuity of follow-up, medication titration, and patient education/counselling domains.
Journal Title
Cardiology in the young
Volume
34
Issue
3
First Page
531
Last Page
534
MeSH Keywords
Humans; Child; Pandemics; Heart Transplantation; Heart Failure; Telemedicine; Algorithms
Keywords
Heart failure; Paediatric heart transplant; Telehealth
Recommended Citation
Bansal N, D'Souza N, Wisotzkey BL, et al. Successful implementation of telehealth visits in the paediatric heart failure and heart transplant population. Cardiol Young. 2024;34(3):531-534. doi:10.1017/S1047951123001312
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